Dress-weight tape.



A. WEIN.' DRESS WEIGHT TAPE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB.21, 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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ATTORNEYS I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH WEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-WEIGHT TAPE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADoLPH VEIN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved DresslVeight Tape, of which the following is a full, clear, andeXact description.

The invention relates to wearing apparel, such as skirts, draperies andthe like, and its object is to provide a new and improved dress weighttape arranged to permit its convenient attachment to the garment and toprovide weights of uniform size and regularity distributed along thetape.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of an open mesh fabric, andweights cast on the said fabric in such a manner that the threads of thefabric are embedded in the weights to fasten the weights in position onthe fabric.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a side elevation of the dress weight tape as applied to thebottom hem of a skirt, part of the latter being shown broken out; Fig. 2is an enlarged side elevation of the dress weight tape; Fig. 3 is anedge view of the same; and Fig. 4: is an enlarged cross section of thesame on the line 4.& of Fig. 2.

The dress weight tape consists essentially of an open mesh fabric A andweights B cast by suitable molds on the said fabric A in such a mannerthat the weights B are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 21, 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Serial No. 609,864.

spaced desired distances apart, and each weight projects on both facesof the fabric A and covers a plurality of meshes, as indicated in Fig.2, the weight material extending through such meshes and embedding thethreads of the fabric forming the meshes. By the arrangement described,the weight material, such as lead, when cast on the fabric A while in amolten state, readily passes through the meshes and wholly or partlyfills the same, and embeds the threads forming the meshes so that theweights are firmly attached to the fabric A.

It is understood that the dress weight tape produced in the mannerdescribed, can be readily cut to a desired length for use in the hem Cof the skirt 0 or other garment, as indicated in Fig. 1, so as to holdthe skirt down, with a view to insure the proper hang of the skirt.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

As a new article of manufacture, a dress weight tape, consisting of astrip of open mesh fabric, and spaced weights on the fabric and eachhaving both the warp and weft threads of the fabric embedded therein,the weights being of less diameter than the width of the strip andarranged at the center of width of said strip.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH WEIN.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

